"As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that……" — Eric Greitens
"As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction."
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14 Quotes by Eric Greitens
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I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous…
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Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others,…
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I've learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every…
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The best definition I have ever heard of a vocation is that it's the place where your great joy meets…
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FEARLESS is a vivid account of one man's journey from all-American boy to all-American hero. Blehm's writing takes you beyond…
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Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however,…
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Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe…
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Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in…
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There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do…
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A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only be built when we ask…
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If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must…
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If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able,…
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More Compassion Quotes
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
— Karen Armstrong
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and…
— Karen Armstrong
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st…
— Karen Armstrong
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is…
— Karen Armstrong
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Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
— Karen Armstrong
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
— Francis of Assisi
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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat…
— Sri Aurobindo
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.
— Michele Bachmann
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
— James M. Barrie
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
— Gary Bauer
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